In this episode, Cristen speaks with Kesha Chiappinelli, an Arkansas lawyer who represents consumers working for better midwifery regulations. Right now, for example, the law requires a number of vaginal exams for home birth midwifery clients–something Ms....

[56 minutes] In this episode, Cristen speaks with Traci Weafer, a Southern doula who believes that speaking up for laboring women and having great relationships with hospital staff are not mutually exclusive. As an example, she shares about the time she stopped a...

[45 minutes] “Brookwood is my Brock Turner”: In this episode, Cristen speaks with Caroline Malatesta, the Alabama mother who won a lawsuit against her hospital after she was permanently injured in a “wrestling match” with her nurses during...

In this episode, Cristen speaks with an experienced Labor & Delivery nurse about the obstetric violence she has witnessed and even participated in. She says, “I’ve seen doctors pry women’s legs apart with their elbows… I’ve seen doctors check people...

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